For the first time since 2019, NASCAR will crown all three of its national champions at Homestead-Miami Speedway, over three nights and afternoons from Friday, Nov. 6, to Sunday, Nov. 8. The season finale is coming back to the track on the edge of Homestead that hosted it for 18 straight years, and tickets for all three races are on sale now.

Three races, three titles, one weekend

The schedule on the speedway's Championship Weekend page stacks the three series in order of size. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series runs its championship race on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m., under the lights. The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (the series long known as Xfinity) decides its title on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 5 p.m. The NASCAR Cup Series, the sport's top level, closes the season on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m.

Each of those races is a winner-take-all finale for the drivers still alive in the playoffs. Whoever finishes ahead among the title contenders on that last afternoon leaves Homestead as the season champion, which is why a finale weekend draws a different kind of crowd than a regular-season stop.

Why the finale left, and why it is back

From 2002 through 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway was where NASCAR's season ended. Every champion in all three national series for those 18 years was crowned on this 1.5-mile oval in south Miami-Dade. Starting in 2020, the championship moved to Phoenix Raceway, and Homestead went back to being one stop among many.

In May 2025, NASCAR announced that the 2026 Championship Weekend would return to Homestead. It also announced a bigger change behind that decision: the finale will now rotate among the sport's marquee tracks and key markets, the way other major leagues move their championship games around the country. Phoenix stays in the rotation and keeps a playoff date, but this November, South Florida gets the finish line back.

A track with some history behind it

The speedway's own track history fills in why this matters locally. Homestead-Miami Speedway opened in 1995, founded by Miami businessman Ralph Sanchez as part of a push to rebuild the area's economy after Hurricane Andrew. Its first NASCAR race, held on Nov. 5, 1995, belonged to the series that now races on the Saturday of championship weekend. The facility sits on 650 acres, with the oval plus a 2.21-mile road course, and it hosts some kind of on-track activity nearly 300 days a year.

The finale years produced some of the best finishes in the sport. The track lists its closest margin of victory as 0.017 seconds, Greg Biffle over Mark Martin in 2006. Lights installed in 2005 made it possible to finish the championship weekend after dark for the first time. The Cup race record still belongs to Kyle Busch, who won the 2019 finale at an average of more than 142 miles per hour on his way to his second title there; his first came in 2015. Brad Keselowski (2012) and Joey Logano (2018) also clinched Cup championships on this oval.

What to expect at the track

The speedway is selling single-day tickets for Friday, Saturday or Sunday, plus three-day packages that cover all three championship races. Add-ons listed on the Championship Weekend page include a pre-race pass for driver introductions and ceremonies, race-day parking near the track, scanner rentals so you can listen in on team radio, and a commemorative ticket marking the championship's return.

For a bigger day, the track offers the Ride the Wall Cantina, a hospitality area in the Midway right beside the Turn 1 wall, with shaded lounge seating, food and drinks, and a private viewing platform; it requires a Sunday Cup grandstand ticket on top. Camping is also on sale for fans who want to stay on site all weekend.

The speedway has also advertised discounts of up to 20 percent on reserved grandstand seats for military members, first responders, medical workers and teachers. Ask about current offers when you buy.

What it means for Homestead

A championship weekend brings one of the biggest crowds Homestead sees all year, and it lands on the city at the start of the busy season, when the farms along Krome Avenue and the Redland are just getting going. For residents, that means two things: a world-class sporting event a short drive from home, and real traffic on the roads around the track from Friday afternoon through Sunday evening. Plan your routes, and if you are going, plan to arrive early.

How to go

NASCAR Championship Weekend runs Nov. 6 to 8, 2026, at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Race times: Truck Series, Friday at 7:30 p.m.; O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Saturday at 5 p.m.; Cup Series, Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets, hospitality and camping are available on the speedway's website or by phone at 866-409-7223. Tickets are delivered through Ticketmaster, so set up or link your account before race day.